Lingonberry jam

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Lingonberry jam
Lingonberries, sugar
Lingonberry jam on toast

Lingonberry jam[a] is a staple of Northern European cuisine and otherwise highly popular in Central and Eastern Europe. Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) grow on a short evergreen shrub in the Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America.[1][2]

History

Lingonberry jam with mustamakkara, a traditional food in Tampere

In Sweden, lingonberries may be sold as jam and juice, and as a key ingredient in dishes and

oatmeal porridge (sometimes together with cinnamon), mashed potatoes and some desserts.[3]

Composition

Fine lingonberry jam is prepared with berries, sugar and, optionally, a small amount of water. Cheaper varieties can be diluted with apples. Sweetened lingonberries (rårörda lingon) or (rørte tyttebær) is prepared fresh by just mixing berries and sugar, without boiling. Because of the benzoic acid, which is found in high amounts in lingonberries, the berries keep well without any preservatives.[4][5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Swedish: lingonsylt, Norwegian: tyttebærsyltetøy, Danish: tyttebærsyltetøj, Estonian: pohlamoos, Finnish: puolukkahillo, German: Preiselbeermarmelade, Latvian: brūkleņu ievārījums, Lithuanian: bruknių uogienė

References

  1. ISBN 0-674-00884-7
    . Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  2. ^ "Vaccinium vitis-idaea L." theplantlist.org. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Lingonberries". swedishfood.com. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "Sweetened lingonberries - Rårörda lingon". swedishfood.com. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "Rørte tyttebær". nordicdiner.net. Retrieved December 1, 2019.

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